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SANITIZED AG, Switzerland´s leading worldwide producer of antimicrobial hygiene function and material protection for textiles and plastics, will be presenting at the Techtextil a new technology that, for the first time, assures a UV-resistant, outstanding anti-mildew effect, suitable for aqueous coating systems. This product innovation has already won the ITMA future materials award.

Encasings are most familiar as covers used by allergy sufferers to protect mattresses, pillows and duvets from dust mites. However, these particle tight covers are also an important hygiene precaution anywhere where bed occupancy changes regularly. Greater use of special pillow encasings would make sense in hospitals and care homes and also in hotels.

Taking forward its commitment to the Indian market, IKEA, the global home furnishings leader, has announced a new initiative – ´Make More in India´, which is aimed at potential suppliers and toexpandIKEAG´s supplier base as well as the categories of home furnishing products sourced in India.

In Germany, unfortunately one person in ten suffers from an allergy to dust mites. It is the excrement from the dust mites that has an allergenic effect on people. Unfortunately for allergy-sufferers, dust mites particularly like living in mattresses and beds. Therefore, it is common for the people affected to experience a blocked nose or itching first thing in the morning.